Recently I was looking for a reliable podhost for my German video podcasts. I compared four different hosting providers, two from Germany and two from the US.
The advantage of podhosts in comparison to webhosts
Webhosts usually offer a static amount of storage space. I know, some companies offer unlimited data and transfer, but if you really stress their system they will usually kick you.
Podhosts are different, because the storage space renews every month. So if you have a plan with 100MB/month, you can potentially upload 1200MB every year. Usually PodHosts can actually offer something like a traffic flatrate, because podcasts files aren’t dynamic and can be saved on different servers.
Podcast Hosting Comparison Table
| podZILLA | podhost | libsyn | Podbean | |
| small package | ||||
| MB/month | 50 MB | 30 MB | 50 MB | - (100MB static) |
| Traffic/month | inclusive | inclusive | inclusive | 5 GB |
| Payment | yearly | free | monthly | free |
| Termination | monthly | free | monthly | free |
| Amount/month | ~$1.40USD (1€) |
free | $5 USD | free |
| big package | ||||
| MB/month | 1000 MB | 600 MB | 1500 MB | 700 MB |
| Traffic/month | monthly | monthly | monthly | monthly |
| Termination | monthly | monthly | monthly | monthly |
| Amount/month | ~$18.39 (13€) |
~$21.22 (15€) |
$60USD | 19,95USD |
| more info | ||||
| Method of payment | invoice, PayPal | cash in advance, PayPal | credit card, PayPal | PayPal |
| Speed test* | 10,4 MB/s
|
5,43 MB/s |
2,47 MB/s |
0,26 MB/s |
* podhosts usually save files on different servers, so the traffic speed shown here, is just a guideline. Consider that the geographic location of the save can also have an impact on performance.
Conclusion
For me podZILLA and PodBean are the winners
podZILLA because the speed and the conditions are really excellent. Obviously I tested this with a German server, so I would suggest testing connection speed yourself, before you register.
PodBean was slow in my test. Especially for video podcasts you want faster connection speed! 0.26MB isn’t even enough for streaming HD video content.
But connection speed isn’t always the same and Podbean offers a start storage space up to 2.5GB! That’s great if you want to take your old episodes with you.
